Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Swimming

|games = 1932 Summer

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|venue = LA84 Foundation/John C. Argue Swim Stadium

|dates = 6–13 August 1932

|num_events = 11

|competitors = 128

|nations = 20

|prev = 1928

|next = 1936

}}

At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, eleven swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women.{{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics |url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/10/sports/SWM |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=www.olympedia.org}} The competitions were held from Saturday, August 6, to Saturday, August 13, 1932. There was a total of 128 participants from 20 countries competing.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1932/SWI/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417054709/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1932/SWI/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Swimming at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games |access-date=11 September 2016 |work=Sports Reference}}

Medal table

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = flagIOCteam

| event = 1932 Summer

| team =

| gold_JPN = 5 | silver_JPN = 5 | bronze_JPN = 2

| gold_USA = 5 | silver_USA = 2 | bronze_USA = 3

| gold_AUS = 1 | silver_AUS = 1 | bronze_AUS = 0

| gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 2 | bronze_NED = 0

| gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 0

| gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 2

| gold_DEN = 0 | silver_DEN = 0 | bronze_DEN = 1

| gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 0 | bronze_HUN = 1

| gold_PHI = 0 | silver_PHI = 0 | bronze_PHI = 1

| gold_RSA = 0 | silver_RSA = 0 | bronze_RSA = 1

}}

Medal summary

=Men's events=

100 m freestyle
{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Yasuji Miyazaki|JPN|1932 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Tatsugo Kawaishi|JPN|1932 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Albert Schwartz|USA|1932 Summer}}

400 m freestyle
{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Buster Crabbe|USA|1932 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Jean Taris|FRA|1932 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Tsutomu Ōyokota|JPN|1932 Summer}}

1500 m freestyle
{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Kusuo Kitamura|JPN|1932 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Shozo Makino|JPN|1932 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Jim Cristy|USA|1932 Summer}}

100 m backstroke
{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Masaji Kiyokawa|JPN|1932 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Toshio Irie|JPN|1932 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Kentaro Kawatsu|JPN|1932 Summer}}

200 m breaststroke
{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Yoshiyuki Tsuruta|JPN|1932 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Reizo Koike|JPN|1932 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Teófilo Yldefonso|PHI|1932 Summer}}

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| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay}}

| {{flagIOCteam|JPN|1932 Summer}}
Yasuji Miyazaki
Hisakichi Toyoda
Takashi Yokoyama
Masanori Yusa

| {{flagIOCteam|USA|1932 Summer}}
Frank Booth
George Fissler
Maiola Kalili
Manuella Kalili

| {{flagIOCteam|HUN|1932 Summer}}
István Bárány
László Szabados
András Székely
András Wanié

=Women's events=

100 m freestyle
{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Helene Madison|USA|1932 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Willy den Ouden|NED|1932 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Eleanor Saville|USA|1932 Summer}}

400 m freestyle
{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Helene Madison|USA|1932 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Lenore Kight|USA|1932 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Jenny Maakal|RSA|1932 Summer}}

100 m backstroke
{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Eleanor Holm|USA|1932 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Bonnie Mealing|AUS|1932 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Valerie Davies|GBR|1932 Summer}}

200 m breaststroke
{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Clare Dennis|AUS|1932 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Hideko Maehata|JPN|1932 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Else Jacobsen|DEN|1932 Summer}}

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| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
{{DetailsLink|Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay}}

| {{flagIOCteam|USA|1932 Summer}}
Helen Johns
Helene Madison
Josephine McKim
Eleanor Saville

| {{flagIOCteam|NED|1932 Summer}}
Corrie Laddé
Willy den Ouden
Puck Oversloot
Maria Vierdag

| {{flagIOCteam|GBR|1932 Summer}}
Joyce Cooper
Valerie Davies
Edna Hughes
Helen Varcoe

Participating nations

128 swimmers from 20 nations competed.

* {{flagIOC|ARG|1932 Summer|5}}

{{flagIOC|AUS|1932 Summer|5}}
{{flagIOC|BRA|1932 Summer|8}}
{{flagIOC|CAN|1932 Summer|14}}
{{flagIOC|DEN|1932 Summer|2}}
{{flagIOC|FIN|1932 Summer|1}}
{{flagIOC|FRA|1932 Summer|5}}
{{flagIOC|GER|1932 Summer|2}}
{{flagIOC|GBR|1932 Summer|13}}
{{flagIOC|HUN|1932 Summer|5}}

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{{flagIOC|IND|1932 Summer|1}}
{{flagIOC|ITA|1932 Summer|2}}
{{flagIOC|JPN|1932 Summer|23}}
{{flagIOC|MEX|1932 Summer|3}}
{{flagIOC|NED|1932 Summer|5}}
{{flagIOC|NOR|1932 Summer|1}}
{{flagIOC|PHI|1932 Summer|3}}
{{flagIOC|RSA|1932 Summer|1}}
{{flagIOC|SWE|1932 Summer|2}}
{{flagIOC|USA|1932 Summer|27}}

References

External links

{{cite web | title=Olympic Medal Winners | publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp | access-date=2007-01-26 }}

Category:Events at the 1932 Summer Olympics

1932

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Category:International aquatics competitions hosted by the United States